As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Friday 20 September 2013

Fears for safety of birds as live traps found

Traps containing small birds being used as live bait have sparked fears poachers are trying to catch sparrowhawks.

The RSPB and Lincolnshire Police have found nets containing dead and live creatures at a farm, where they also found a small wire cage on a pole containing two dead warblers with fishing wire nooses on the outside.

Investigators are linking the discovery to a 2ft tall mesh cage baited with a Greenfinch which was hoisted 20ft up a tree a mile away on the north side of Boston Cemetery. This trap also had fishing wire snares fixed to the outside.

It is believed the traps were designed to catch sparrowhawks, which could have been be lured in to attack the thrashing birds.


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